Volume 4, No.1, Feb. 1993
The Mountain of the Lord
The Mountain of the Lord Beginning in Micah 4:1 we read: “In the last days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the [...]
The Silent Years
The Old Testament is the history of the people of Israel. Of its 39 books, only Genesis is not concerned with that story, encapsulating the history of nearly 2500 years from creation to the formation of Israel into 50 short chapters. The Israelites were God's people. They were the ones for whom he specially cared. Theirs were the patriarchs, priests, judges and kings. But [...]
Chronology Lessons from the Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel was a prophet of God to the Hebrews in Babylonian exile, and he was a priest. (Ezekiel 1:1, 3) (A) The Lord began Ezekiel's prophetic office in a very marked way (Ezekiel 1:3-onward). Ezekiel recorded the day (5th), the month (4th), and year (5th), of king Jehoiachin's captivity (612 BC), which was Ezekiel's fifth year of captivity as well. Yet Ezekiel synchronizes king [...]
From a Reader
Dear Brethren: Greetings in our Present Lord. In the August, 1992 issue, “J.N. of California” spoke of Lamech, how he had two wives and that he slew “a young man to his hurt,” etc., Genesis 4:23,24. It will be well to note that there are two Lamechs in the Bible. The one referred to in Genesis 4th chapter was from Cain’s lineage. The other [...]
A Prophecy Nearing Fulfillment (Isaiah 2l:5-10)
In Song of Solomon 2:12 the time of mating is called the “time of the singing.” This book is the love song of Jesus and his future Bride. As the time nears for the marriage, the focal rays of prophecy converge in a climactic fashion, and there comes a quickening need for these predictions to terminate in prophetic events. As the birds begin to [...]